The extreme care and caution exercised to corral the insect certainly demonstrates just how seriously Royals players take the surprising re-emergence of another “Rally Mantis,” to say the least. It’s hardly surprising, especially given how the Royals went 5-1 in the six games the original incarnation was in their possession.

Let’s hope the second coming of the “Rally Mantis” can stick around a bit longer and doesn’t suffer the same short-lived fate of the previous one.